In a message dated 29/01/2003 00:43:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Have we compared the demographics of Joni's fans versus education, income, or other variables? And since the population of internet users is probably skewered as apart from the total population because internet access does depend on income, is it possible that the percentage of internet users is higher than than the % of gays/lesbians in the total population? Do g/l people use the internet even more disproportionately because it is a vehicle for hooking up for a community that is dispersed, closeted, or remote? >> Just another thought on this: my understanding is that the majority of list subscribers are lurkers - I wonder if the proportion of gay people amongst those who post to the list is reflected in the list as a whole; and what would it mean if it wasn't? Does an element of outspokenness come into the equation too? By the way, I've never understood the pervasiveness of the slightly unwieldy term "lesbians and gay men" (or vice versa) - surely "gay people" would cover it, as I didn't think the word gay was gender specific. Azeem in London
